Necktie



Patented Get. 21, 1930 GEORGE AJDUKOVICH, on em; Lours'MIssoU-nr Y NECKTIE' 1 j Application filed February 7,1929; $eria1 no. 338338;]

This invention-relates to improvementsin ready-made neclzties and more particularly to that type oftieknown as four-in -hand ties. i

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide an improved tieof the above A further object is to provide adevice of the last above mentioned character free from objectional projections which might injure the hands or neck of the wearer, as wellas prevent unsightly appearance to the finished tie or tend to cause a wearing of'the fabric 29 associated therewith. v

Other objects will be in part obvious from the annexed drawingand in part hereinafter indicated in connection therewith by the following analysis of this invention. 1 This invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combination of parts and in the unique relation of the members'and in the relative proportioning and disposition thereof, all as more a completely outlined herein.

To enable others skilled in the-art to fully comprehend the underlying features thereof that they may embody the same by the nu merous modifications in stmcture and relation contemplated bythis invention; drawings depicting a preferred form of the invention have been annexed as part of this-dis closure, and in such drawings like characters of reference denote corresponding parts;

throughout all of the views, of which' I Fig. 1 is a front elevational VleWiO'f the complete article showing certain partsof the form ng and securing means in dotted lines; Fig: 2 1s a plan View of the' sheet metal blank-from'which thecombined former and securing device is made; 7

Fig. 3 'is a rear elevational view of the finished article made from the blank shown inFig.2.f

7 5e 7 Referring now toth'e drawing in detail and frame device 7 The elastic, of course ,metal' or celluloid and' comprises' an zan'gular reinforcing part*1 5 adapted to be'b'ent or' v 17 ,18: and 20 fo rm'almos't a frusto-conical edges or sharp corners which would tend to show through the fabric of the tie and cause inside of the knot. Likewise the upper edge and more particularly tollig'. '1, 15, indicates;

the knot ofusua l well known" style. of rourg in-hand tie,@and 6 the 'downwardlyfextend i-ngend'. This knot and end 6 are preferably preformed"froni a 'fsingle piece of mate rial wound or knotted about a Iormjer frameand f securing device in'dicatedi'n dotte'dlines *at 7;

The tie is provided with ane'ck encircling band-'8 ofthe same niat'erial-and'of'any d ei sired size having at its free endlOan elastic tape l'l towhichis secured an eye-member 12 adapted to coact withv a" hook 13 prefer ably'integral with the cooperating fastening I permitsa certain amountlof'adjustabilityin size according to the size of the neclr-ba'n'dfor n collar'of the wearer; g

The former 7 shown in blank form in Fig; f v 2 is'preferably made of relatively thin'sheet" or L-s'h'aped'body-portion 7 i which liaS' one laterally extending arm 14 terminatingfiin the hookyportion 13 and F "having; a lateral rounded over longitudinally along" the line 16. When assembled, this lin 16 is at the top ofthetie and provides a smooth rounded edge-over which the end :6 passes' befo're ba ing passed"down thru the knot'o, thus 7 providing aform free from" projections: i I

Theopposite or downwardly extending 7 arm 17 is preferably providedwith' twoslaterally extending parts 18' and :2O' which 'aref respectively=folded easily overto'wardseach other along the line's2l-andf22m These-lines v 1 16,21 and 22 are not sharpfolds, but grad-- ually roundedfolds,- thereby producing an article free from sharpedges as shown, more: i clearly in'Fi-grfihk Inother words, the parts frame member extending downwardly into the'knotted portion of the tie as shown in I Figgjl, thereby to give it body and appearance as well as being free from any projecting wear at such particular projecting points; in fact the overlapping parts 182O are on the of the former-,that is, the line 16, is rounded;

N the standpoint of the prior art, fairly consti:

so as to be U-shaped in cross section'on the V outer or exposed edge for the same purpose as above explalned.

The hook 13 is bent parts 14, 15 and in the finished article this extends just short of one side of the knot to cooperate With the eye 12. In that Way, the fastening members 12and 13 are concealed from View, and it difficult, if-not impossible, to detect the fact that the'tie 1s ready-made instead of-handformed. l I The-forming frame and fastening device may .be relatively inexpensively manufactured by a simple stamping and rollingprod ess, and then assembled in the tie asthe same is tied. The shape of the frame member as shown-in Fig. 3' makes it especiallyadaptable i to ties of this character in that it automatically retains its position within: the knot Without other" securing or stitching means.

' .From the above, it will be seen. that the present invention provides a simple 'and'practical four-'in-hand necktie Well adapted to accomplish, among others, all of the objects and advantages herein set forth. 1

WithOutfurther analysis the foregoing Wil 7 so fully reveal the gist of this inventionthat others canbyapplying current knowledge 7 readily adapt itfor Various applications Without omitting certain features that, from tute essential characteristics" of the'genericor specific aspects of this invention, and theref0resuchadaptations should and areintended tobe comprehended within the meaning and l r i range of equivalency of thefollovving claim:

VIclaim:

-- In combination", with a ready-made tie having a knot and neck encircling portions, H a form ng and securlng frame; ithin said; knot comprlslng. an; angular body .-.of': sheet material, the side portions of one member ofsaidangular body'beingibent' back to form arelatively thick'frame with rounded outerj edges, ,theother-member of said angular body ating. with saidhooks ;rSigned at-;VVashington,:Df ckgthisjithgday I of'eFebruary, 1929,

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